Hockey East 2020-2021

[walrus]

I'm sure you're celebrating

Whats to celebrate? UNH doing the right thing or more people getting sick from Covid?

[NCAA watcher]

Personally, I'm just happy that we're having a season--unbalanced, irrational, unfair, and discombobulated as it may be. And I really don't have any strong feelings about the tournament selection formula or even which team ultimately wins. Completing a season, having any kind of playoff, and crowning a champion is what's important. We can get back to expecting fairness, balance, rationality, and clarity next year when this scourge is hopefully in the rear-view mirror.

Amen.

[Chuck Murray]

Whats to celebrate? UNH doing the right thing or more people getting sick from Covid?

When did you turn into a snowflake, Wally???

500 kids were going to watch a game in a 6,500 seat arena, with masks and social distancing.

Oh, the horror ... /sarcasm

[Chuck Murray]

An A for effort. Maybe they got some angry letters in the mail.

Probably got a call from Thought Control Central in DC for daring to veer slightly from the narrative ...

[UMLFan]

Some of the comments on this thread make the old rivalry comments look boring. There's snark, and then there's some of the vitriol being thrown back and forth.

It's good to see politics got fully brought into this discussion.

[Chuck Murray]

Some of the comments on this thread make the old rivalry comments look boring. There's snark, and then there's some of the vitriol being thrown back and forth.

It's good to see politics got fully brought into this discussion.

Politics were interjected into this thread literally from Page One. You're just noticing now, Monty? :-)

[UMLFan]

Politics were interjected into this thread literally from Page One. You're just noticing now, Monty? :-)

To be fair, I didn't start reading till about midst page 40.

[Chuck Murray]

To be fair, I didn't start reading till about midst page 40.

SPOILER ALERT: You're not missing anything before that ...

[walrus]

When did you turn into a snowflake, Wally???

500 kids were going to watch a game in a 6,500 seat arena, with masks and social distancing.

Oh, the horror ... /sarcasm

Talk about horror, kids can't go to a hockey game to try and stop the spread of Covid. Not sure how they can live without watching a ****ty UNH team

[Chuck Murray]

Talk about horror, kids can't go to a hockey game to try and stop the spread of Covid.

Nothing has worked so far, tell me when we get to sticking gum on top of our propeller beanies, OK?

The new guy supposedly had a plan, but it turns out he didn't. So he's borrowing the last guy's plan.

Suggest you catch the linked video below, tell me when you guys begin to get buyer's remorse ...

Not sure how they can live without watching a ****ty UNH team

You DO have a fair point there. But it would be nice to have a normal campus evening out, eh?

[Carmine Scarpaglia]

Nothing has worked so far, tell me when we get to sticking gum on top of our propeller beanies, OK?

"2 weeks to flatten the curve" is almost 52 weeks old now Chuck! We're going to wear 2 masks and that'll cure everything.

[net presence]

Nothing has worked so far, tell me when we get to sticking gum on top of our propeller beanies, OK?

The new guy supposedly had a plan, but it turns out he didn't. So he's borrowing the last guy's plan.

Suggest you catch the linked video below, tell me when you guys begin to get buyer's remorse ...



You DO have a fair point there. But it would be nice to have a normal campus evening out, eh?

Chuck, so what's your response to the fact that the NHL is now dealing with 90% plus chance that they're having in game transmission between teams and officials? Of course, that's what legitimate experts like Osterholm and others have said respective to hockey for months. In fact, Osterholm said in an interview a week ago Thursday with WCCO radio in the Twin Cities (Chad Hartman's show if you want to podcast it if you don't believe me) that the majority of the current outbreaks in Minnesota are associated with youth sports, specifically hockey in our state and, that there were 50 current outbreaks in the state tied directly to youth and high school hockey. It came up in the context of whether it's safe for kids of all ages/grades to be back in school, along with whether teachers need to be vaccinated to provide the required safety for them specifically. Which, you might be surprised to hear, he agrees the kids should be back in school and, he doesn't believe teachers need to be vaccinated to provide an acceptable amount of safety.

My broader point being, your and J.D.'s (and others on this thread) continued minimizing of the risk to the athletes of a significantly negative outcome from being infected (besides actually dying), which is obviously higher by playing their sport versus not, is pretty pathetic. Especially now that a number of players -- including Toews and the Wild's number 1 pick from this year's draft, are dealing with significant, post-Covid related symptoms. In Rossi's case, it's already been decided he's done for the year (myocarditis). In Toews case, it doesn't appear he's anywhere close to being able to play and he's suffering significantly from "long-haulers" syndrome. Sadly, I fear we're going to see an increase in cardiac episodes in athletes over the next 2-3 years because they didn't get the properly detailed post-Covid cardiac exams prior to returning to competition.

[J.D.]

I don't recall the last time I talked about the risks involved for athletes. I have fully acknowledged there are risks involved. Much like a lot of other things in this thing called life. I'm just not gonna demand everything be shut down until every single person on earth is vaccinated. If a hockey player/family doesn't want to play because they could possibly get COVID, they don't have to play. Unbelievable that this is still a conversation a year later but go on, keep spreading your lies to exaggerate your point. Such as linking Jonathan Toews to COVID when it hasn't even been announced he ever had COVID. Just like the Florida basketball player, morons like you have to blame everything on COVID even if you're proven wrong.

[walrus]

Nothing has worked so far, tell me when we get to sticking gum on top of our propeller beanies, OK?

The new guy supposedly had a plan, but it turns out he didn't. So he's borrowing the last guy's plan.

Suggest you catch the linked video below, tell me when you guys begin to get buyer's remorse ...



You DO have a fair point there. But it would be nice to have a normal campus evening out, eh?

I agree it would be nice to have a normal night out, anywhere not just on Campus. If the people that wanted to go would keep their virus to themselves I'd be all for it. That doesn't seem to be the way this virus works. Do I think 500 fans in the whitt would be a so called " super spreader" event, probably not but not sure its worth the chance. BTW the ****ty comment goes for UMaine hockey also

[Chuck Murray]

My broader point being, your and J.D.'s (and others on this thread) continued minimizing of the risk to the athletes of a significantly negative outcome from being infected (besides actually dying), which is obviously higher by playing their sport versus not, is pretty pathetic. Especially now that a number of players -- including Toews and the Wild's number 1 pick from this year's draft, are dealing with significant, post-Covid related symptoms. In Rossi's case, it's already been decided he's done for the year (myocarditis). In Toews case, it doesn't appear he's anywhere close to being able to play and he's suffering significantly from "long-haulers" syndrome. Sadly, I fear we're going to see an increase in cardiac episodes in athletes over the next 2-3 years because they didn't get the properly detailed post-Covid cardiac exams prior to returning to competition.

Here's an off-the-top-of-my-head list of "significantly negative outcomes" for hockey players ...

* Travis Roy
* Joe Exter
* Bill Masterton
* Jiri Fischer
* Norm Leveille
* Clint Malarchuk
* Marc Savard
* Ted Green
* Donald Brashear
* Brian Berard
* Ace Bailey
* Ian Laperriere

You know, I could easily double or triple the size of that list if I researched it. But you mention one (1) kid who's missing one (1) season, another that JD has already pointed out is unconfirmed (Toews - and that's being charitable) ... and your speculation about rampant future "cardiac episodes" to keep folks suitably buttoned up. BTW - when did you become a cardiologist? You're the "expert" guy, no??

Hockey is a very demanding and dangerous sport, played by some of the fittest athletes in the world.

We'll know the wussification of America is complete when your ilk kills it off in the cause of "safety" ...